The project aims at strengthening capacity for dengue and other vectorborne disease outbreak detection, prevention and response, including at the community level, to protect vulnerable populations in areas at risk of increased vectorborne disease burden due to climate change.

The project aims to improve capacity of rural women in Stung Treng and OddarMeanchey Provinces through building and strengthening their skills and knowledge to cope with climate change impacts, improving access to information on natural disasters and commodity prices in the market, and improving household economies for better livelihoods.

The project aims to strengthen local government institutions in Kampot province to assist vulnerable communities to adapt to climate change in the water sector. The project is designed to address the need for a technically sound national disaster prevention and information system through: (1) capacity building and institutional strengthening of the Kampot technical departments of the line ministries in climate change adaptation; (2) awareness raising of the provincial authorities (province, district and commune levels) in climate change adaptation; (3) mapping out of water resource, water infrastructure and their vulnerabilities to drought, flood, salination and arsenic; and (4) rehabilitation and construction of water supply infrastructure at selected demonstration sites.

PURPOSE OF PROJECTThe project aims at developing climate change resilient livelihood strategies for communities in target areas based on priorities identified in the vulnerability assessment, working with community fisheries committees and commune representatives; and the project also looks at building the climate adaptation and ecosystem-based adaptation planning capacity of the national agencies including Tonle Sap Authority and relevant ministries.

The project aims to develop a climate resilient food system based on linking terrestrial (rice agronomy) and aquatic (rice field fisheries) through process of adaptive learning and co-management capacity building.

The project aims to support the government’s commitment to provide full rural water supply and sanitation coverage by 2025, introducing climate-informed decision-making and planning, thus minimizing climate risks and vulnerabilities of the infrastructure.

The project aims to demonstrate climate change management in 5 villages in Battambang Province, and to build awareness of Disaster Risk Reduction/Climate Change management principles and practices in 35 communities in Battambang Province to support community adaption to climate change, through a partnership with Older People Associations.

The Cambodia Climate Change Alliance Trust Fund (CCCA-TF), under the Ministry of Environment Climate Change Department, has approved 11 new projects to pilot approaches to climate change adaptation in Cambodia, for a total amount of two million US dollars. The approved projects will be implemented from December 2012 to March 2014, and address key areas of the climate change response in Cambodia. Most projects are implemented through partnerships between concerned Government agencies and NGOs. Seven projects are Government-led and four are led by local or international NGOs.